Changing Patterns of Geographic Mobility and the Labor Market for Young Adults
比较了1979年和1997年两个队列的迁移模式及其与劳动力市场结果的关系，发现长距离迁移率下降主要源于回迁减少，且迁移与劳动力市场结果的相关性在两个队列中差异不大，没有证据表明迁移能带来正向劳动力市场回报。
We assess changing patterns of migration and their association with labor outcomes for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the NLSY. Although the long-distance migration rate is lower in the 1997 cohort, we find that migration fell mostly because return migration fell. We uncover little difference in patterns of selection into migration in the two cohorts, little difference in correlation between migration and labor market outcomes, and little evidence in either cohort of a positive labor market return to migration. Our findings suggest that reductions in geographic mobility do not explain the poor recent labor market performance of young adults.